diff --git a/aws/resource_aws_acm_certificate.go b/aws/resource_aws_acm_certificate.go
index dcc95600b4f..d020554e541 100644
--- a/aws/resource_aws_acm_certificate.go
+++ b/aws/resource_aws_acm_certificate.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func resourceAwsAcmCertificateRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 		CertificateArn: aws.String(d.Id()),
 	}
 
-	return resource.Retry(time.Duration(1)*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
+	return resource.Retry(time.Duration(5)*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
 		resp, err := acmconn.DescribeCertificate(params)
 
 		if err != nil {